Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Femoral sizing instrument
- Patent Title (中): 股骨上浆仪
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Application No.: US13376852Application Date: 2010-06-07
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Publication No.: US08828020B2Publication Date: 2014-09-09
- Inventor: Liam Dower , Mark Heldreth , Mark Pagnano
- Applicant: Liam Dower , Mark Heldreth , Mark Pagnano
- Applicant Address: IE Cork
- Assignee: DePuy (Ireland)
- Current Assignee: DePuy (Ireland)
- Current Assignee Address: IE Cork
- Priority: GB0909918.5 20090609
- International Application: PCT/GB2010/050953 WO 20100607
- International Announcement: WO2010/142980 WO 20101216
- Main IPC: A61B17/58
- IPC: A61B17/58 ; A61B17/60 ; A61F2/00 ; A61B5/107 ; A61F2/46 ; A61B19/00 ; A61B5/00 ; A61F2/38

Abstract:
A femoral sizing instrument for use in a knee joint replacement procedure has a housing which includes formations (4) by which it can be located relative to the femoral posterior condyles. A cortex arm (14) has a tip (16) for engaging the anterior cortex of the femur and a sulcus arm (20) has a tip (24) for engaging the sulcus. Each of the cortex and sulcus arms can be adjusted relative to the housing to adjust the distance between its tip and the posterior condyles measured generally parallel to the anterior posterior axis. The instrument includes at least one scale (13,23,27,25) for indicating the positions of the tips of the cortex and sulcus arms relative to the posterior condyles.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120143205A1 FEMORAL SIZING INSTRUMENT Public/Granted day:2012-06-07
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